Twitter Stream with updates from Japan

Bump And also I vote for Raist being a site moderator seems hes doing a better job keeping people updated on whats going on.

I`d vote too ^^

I think Raist already has a good job, not that I know him but he said something indirectly about it. His employer ought to give him a big pay raise because he is valuable 'property'.
SE would be smart to try to lure him away.

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Baseball-Loving Japan Delays Its First Pitch, but Not Without Debate

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/wo...?_r=1&src=tptw

Couldn't resist sharing this...looks like FFXI fans aren't the only addicts out there......

SE would be smart to lure him away. Really smart. lol

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Kyodo: Decision to change mandatory decontamination level based on advice from domestic nuclear experts & IAEA.

Japan gov't task force loosens level for mandatory decontamination. Until now 6,000cpm. New reg: 100,000cpm.

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Mixed feelings about this move. Been seeing them shift their exposure limits a lot the last couple of days. Afraid it may make people a bit uneasy in the world markets--Some Spinach was found with like 20x the limit of contamination at one farm. Ibaraki prefect isn't going to be able to export squat as it is already....long term is gonna be rough. Some "experts" are already expecting it to be up to a 5 year recovery.

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Originally Posted by RAIST

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/wo...?_r=1&src=tptw

Couldn't resist sharing this...looks like FFXI fans aren't the only addicts out there......

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LOL gonna be a riot on Friday when there is no baseball game.

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Originally Posted by NightDagger

LOL gonna be a riot on Friday when there is no baseball game.

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Yeah.. may be the first time we see them loose their cool during this crisis. Still amazed at how well they've handled themselves...wouldn't see it in the US.

Edit: BLAARGG! everytime I think I'm gonna get something new... winds up being recycled news. Guess it's going to be quiet on the news channels until the sun comes up over there. Time to run some errands I guess.

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Originally Posted by RAIST

Yeah.. may be the first time we see them loose their cool during this crisis. Still amazed at how well they've handled themselves...wouldn't see it in the US.

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I have been really impressed with the way things are being handled by the people there so inspiring to see people come together like that in this day in age. Because of they way there handling it too has shown in how fast there actually recovering too. Your so right if same situation happened in US or Canada we would be fighting with each other trying to protect our interests not others. Hopefully rest of world has been watching situation in Japan and take away the type of cooperation there and maybe this world can be better place for it.

Japan has always been a country that support each other. Japan will rise from this recover and move on albeit this will take alot of time, money, and support but in the end they will be stronger then they are now. We as a nation should take their bravery, and unity and apply it to our own country.

We are brave and unified when it counts. Dont take the bickering after the fact to mean we are divided as a country. Its just not true. I do admire how the japanese people have dealt with this mess. No doubt about it. They have done great.

○Implementation plan of rolling blackout on March 22 (Tue)
Considering today's electricity supply-demand and tomorrow's weather,
regional group and time periods for the planned blackout are as
follows.

Group 5 6:20-10:00
···Rolling blackout will not be implemented

Group 1 9:20-13:00
Group 2 12:20-16:00
Group 3 15:20-19:00
Group 4 18:20-22:00
···Rolling blackout will be implemented.

Group 5 13:50-17:30
Group 1 16:50-20:30
···The necessity of the rolling blackouts will
be judged depending on the supply-demand
balance and will be informed 2 hours before
the start of blackouts.


●The actual blackout period for each group is planned to be maximum
about 3 hours during the relevant scheduled time period.
●Starting and ending time of blackout periods may slightly differ.
●Depending on the supply-demand balance of the day, planned blackouts
may not be carried out. In case the electricity supply-demand balance
becomes tighter than expected, we will reconsider the rolling blackout
plan and inform you accordingly before we implement the revised plan.
●A blackout may occur in the adjacent areas where the planned blackouts
are carried out.

○Implementation plan of rolling blackouts from Wednesday, March 23 to
Monday, March 28
Please refer to the "exhibit" for detailed plan.
●The actual blackout period for each group is planned to be maximum
about 3 hours during the relevant scheduled time period.
●Starting and ending time of blackout periods will slightly differ
day by day.
●Depending on the supply-demand balance hereafter, planned blackouts
may not be carried out. Moreover, in case the electricity supply-demand
balance becomes tighter than expected, we will reconsider the rolling
blackout plan and inform you accordingly before we implement the revised
plan.
●A blackout may occur in the adjacent areas where the planned
blackouts are carried out.

[Others]
●In order to prevent fires, please make sure to switch off electric
appliances such as hair driers when you leaving home.
●Please carefully pay attention to the traffic at the crossings in
case the traffic lights are suddenly turned off.

[Improvement in implementing planned blackouts]
●In principle, we will implement the planned blackouts based on the
current manner. However, we do realize that there is room for
improvement. Therefore, we will continue to consider and improve
implementation manners from the customers' point of view.

‹Reference>
○Prediction of demand and supply on March 21
Estimated Demand 34,000 MW (18:00-19:00)
Supply Capacity 35,500 MW

○Prediction of demand and supply on March 22
Estimated Demand 37,000 MW (18:00-19:00)
Supply Capacity 35,500 MW

so which group does SE fall into?

group 5 is where SE's headquarters are at.

and this means that there might be, but probably not, blackouts where SE is. This is only for today?

at the bottom there is a schedual of the rolling blacks, in point to fact; they will be changing it to fit the weather and probable demand per day bais.

And no, SE's block is along with hospitals, police stations, etc. so those they can't really shutdown

I am wondering if this prediction of usage includes business's getting back to business. It appears a number of major companies are getting back to work on 22nd. SE might be smart to sit back a day to see how that works out.

figures... presser and info coming in when I have to go get in car line to pick up kids at school:

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TEPCO conf again. Issue now is with sea radiation as TEPCO rprts rad in surrounding waters

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japantimes JX oil refinery in Yokohama resumes output

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japantimes China orders radiation checks on Japanese food

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i reckon we wont get on 2day

You reckon correctly, as the situation review won't be done until tomorrow

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

You reckon correctly, as the situation review won't be done until tomorrow

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It is tomorrow already. 4:43am.

its 4:44am in Japan right now, so hopefully by about 10am JST we should know more

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Originally Posted by Fearforever

its 4:44am in Japan right now, so hopefully by about 10am JST we should know more

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Sound about right. Running on the assumption of starting work at 9 and then discussing the situation first.

Im guessing they might be waiting on some confirmation from the power company before they can make an informed decision so I wouldn't be too dissapointed if its quiet for a while. I think they might be cautious about starting back up if they can't guarentee they can stay up. Fingers crossed for a resumption of game-tastic grind-festive gobby bashing, but only if there is enough electricity to go around.

Waiting with bated breath. Maybe I will go get pol up to first page! <twitch>

Thanks Haglaz for the TEPCO release. PDF is here, has links to the group details and weekly schedule:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...1032110-e.html

REALLY wish they would get going with all the supplemental power sources I keep hearing about so these things could STOP....

Sorry RAIST any idea which group SE falls into?

they've started posting a graph of the actual power demand, looks like it's supposed to update periodically:

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/forecast/html/index-e.html

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Originally Posted by Ter

Sorry RAIST any idea which group SE falls into?

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Hard to say with absolute certainty which block might affect SE, if at all. Tokyo shows up in blocks 2, 3, and 4. Think Hamura City is a bit north and west of roughly where SE is, and that's in block 3, and Chiba Prefect is kind of close to Tokyo too, and that prefect is split up on 1, 2, and 3. So, if I had to guess I would expect SE to be most affected by block 3, but it's just guessing without really knowing the area.

power demands are increasing...approaching last year's figures and looks like they may not be able to meet the demand. A revised blackout schedule may be coming around noon JST.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/forecast/html/index-e.html

May be some trouble in the electronics sector if this drags out too much longer:

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Japan's earthquake has suspended 25 percent of the global production of silicon wafers, according to a new research report, perhaps impacting semiconductors.

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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastr...Report-392458/

Banks are shutting down ATM's to try to conserve additional power...some may be back on after noon.

Train schedules being shuffled as well to try to compensate for demand...but it may cause trouble with rush hour. It's going to be tight as businesses are trying to get started back up and more people trying to use transit services for the first time in a week.

Municiple buildings being cleared to provide more shelter for evacuees. Room for 3-4000 more people expected to open today.

Not really anything to get super excited about but it is progress

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...en-switched-on

Also wanted to thank Raist and the others that contributed so much actual info and not mindless ranting and arguments.

lol... I tried that too with a few of the FFXI servers I had logged in my PC's firewall earlier today...all I got hits on were the DNS servers though.

so is this for sure different than what it was yesterday?

just got some pings to go thorugh on one subnet on the POL side, but none in the other IP blocks I know about. They may be doing some testing or something...who knows.

Edit: by the names responding.. looks like just the messaging servers...20 active hosts found though...hmmm

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Originally Posted by Haglaz

Requesting a mod to lock this thread, to avoid it being cluttered by trollers, and @sshats.

Also, heres a good site from the TEPCO power company to keep a watch on: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...e/index-e.html

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Requesting you to find something better to do then troll. Troll!

lol

that was soo what?...12 pages ago?

WOW... first time I actually looked up all the subnets that I've found registered to SE/POL.....122 active hosts found. Granted, a lot of those are likely multiple links to the same servers but still....

Ibaraki gamma levels reduced to almost 1/2 since it's last peak almost 20 hours ago...still pushing just over 1k though, but getting there. Slowly working it's way back down towards it's levels prior to the venting session.

Some other regions also to the south showing significant reductions (20-30%) too for the most part, but some are still a bit on the high side (700-900).

power usage from 7:00-8:00 JST looked to be pushing about 35MW...rolling blackout was eminent for the 9:00-22:00 block, waiting for graph to update.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/forecast/html/index-e.html

press conference expected at 10:30 JST for status updates... let's hope TEPCO has something USEFUL to say for a change...last few have been pretty uneventful.

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DailyYomiuri Smoke continues to be seen from the Fukushima N-plant's No 2, 3 reactors, and it's not clear when/if water spraying will resume, TEPCO says.
2 minutes ago

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